rule tracing (expert system)

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Rule tracing is a form of explanation which lists the rules used to come to a decison or produce advice. Rule tracing my be used in the explanation component of an expert system or indeed in any production system or other kind of procedural knowledge.

Used in Chap. 18: pages 294, 296